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Nicole Alexander

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Nicole Alexander is the author of eleven novels: The Bark Cutters, A Changing Land, Absolution Creek, Sunset Ridge, The Great Plains, Wild Lands, River Run, An Uncommon Woman, Stone Country, The Cedar Tree and The Last Station.

The Limestone Road will be published March 2025.

Awards: The Bark Cutters - short-listed for an Australian Book Industry Award.

Non-fiction includes;
Poetry: Divertissements: Love. War. Society. - a Anthologies: Dear Mum / Great Australian Writers

Nicole lives in north-west NSW, Australia

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	The Cedar Tree 3.81 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bark Cutters 3.98 avg rating — 559 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stone Country 3.86 avg rating — 428 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Absolution Creek 3.88 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Uncommon Woman 3.84 avg rating — 359 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River Run 3.87 avg rating — 321 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Changing Land 4.05 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunset Ridge 4.06 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Station 3.50 avg rating — 301 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Lands 3.84 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I'm heading on tour this Monday 21st and visiting the following places. Dubbo, Wellington, Orange, Bathurst, Grenfell, Young, Yass and Goulburn. The week after I'll be out and about in Sydney at Cronulla (twice!) Campbelltown, Narellan, Five Dock, Kincumber, Chatswood, Macquarie, Ryde, Rouse Hill, Hornsby and W Read more of this blog post »

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Stars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman

6 votes, 28.6%

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

4 votes, 19.0%

Absolution Creek by Nicole Alexander

4 votes, 19.0%

The Lavender Keeper by Fiona McIntosh

2 votes, 9.5%

Gilgamesh by Joan London

2 votes, 9.5%

The Naturalist's Daughter by Tea Cooper

1 vote, 4.8%

The Seduction of Lord Stone by Anna Campbell

1 vote, 4.8%

The Commandant by Jessica Anderson

1 vote, 4.8%

A Dissection of Murder by Felicity Young

0 votes, 0.0%

Moonlight Plains by Barbara Hannay

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The Rarest Thing by Deborah O'Brien

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